William Wister Haines
3) The racket
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"Nick Scanlon is an old-fashioned kind of gangster. If someone crosses you, settle it with a fist or a bullet. Tom McQuigg is an old-fashioned kind of cop. Grab the bad guy, not the bribe. But they're both living in a corrupt new world of smooth operators on both sides of the law, efficient green-eyeshade types who run a crime ring like a corporation. They won't mind if Scanlon and McQuigg square off... if they bring each other down"--Container.
5) Alibi Ike
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Baseball rookie Frank X. Farrell is a phenom, a kid who can hurl the ol' horsehide and swing the lumber so well he may lead Chicago's beloved Cubbies to a pennant. He can sure spin excuses and blarney, too! Joe E. Brown brings a whirlybird wind-up and a love for the game to this comic Ring Lardner tale. You can't tell the players without a scorecard but sports-minded moviegoers recognized Bob Meusel, Jim Thorpe and other former professional ball players...
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Commander Frank 'Spig' Wead was a pioneer aviator, renowned screenwriter, and a man of war. The skies beckoned Spig to action; a crippling injury ultimately left him powerless to act, propelling him to discover the power of his pen. He was talented, driven, flawed, and a friend of John Ford.
8) Torpedo run
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A navel officer's insatiable thirst for vengeance puts his command at risk in the WWII action adventure.
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"Using refugees as human shields, North Korean troops advance on Col. Steve Jankowski, a leader of the U.S. forces that are part of the United Nations Coalition pushing back against the invasion south of the 38th parallel, and his dug-in troops. Hoping to turn the throng back, Jankowski orders his gunners to fire warning shots short of the advance. Again and again the cannons roar, aiming closer each time. The approach continues: Jankowski must make...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (117 mins.): Gypsy Esmerelda and malformed bellringer Quasimodo fall victim to the machinations of church and underworld leaders in medieval Paris.
Dance, girl, dance (89 mins.): A couple of ambitious chorus girls compete with the men in their lives as well as for the chance to make it big in the world of show business.
The Spanish Main (100 mins.): Capt. Laurent Van Horn, a Dutch trader in the Caribbean is wrongly imprisoned...